Welcome to Walsenburg ...The city of Walsenburg is located in Huerfano County<1> and is the County Seat for Huerfano County. While we don't have a date for the founding of Walsenburg, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892. The city was incorporated June 16, 1873. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Walsenburg has a population of 3,013 people<2> (see below for details). Walsenburg is 6,170 feet [1,881 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Walsenburg is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level. Time Zone: Walsenburg lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Walsenburg: 719 The ZIP code for Walsenburg: 81089<4> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Walsenburg had an population of 3,013 people. This is a decrease of 1.79% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 27.95% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Walsenburg had a population of 3,068 people (which is 45.92% of the total population of Huerfano County). This makes Walsenburg the county's most populous community. The population of Walsenburg represents 0.06% of the population of Colorado (which has 5,029,196 people), making it the state's 92nd most populous community. With a 2010 count of 3,068 people, the population of Walsenburg decreased 26.64% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 4,182 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Walsenburg. Websites for Walsenburg ...Official Website: www.cityofwalsenburg.com/ Communities near Walsenburg ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Walsenburg.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Walsenburg. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Walsenburg. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Walsenburg. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Walsenburg. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Walsenburg. Our list includes 12 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Walsenburg. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Walsenburg ...Looking for more information about Walsenburg? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Walsenburg, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Walsenburg. Adding Walsenburg to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Walsenburg in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Walsenburg was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Walsenburg. Footnotes ...
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